· Cross-examination questions. One person in your group should gather the “dirt” on other glands. Your group will be given one bonus point for each time you “stump” the other groups, and provide information that suggests that another gland should be removed.
What are adrenal gland disorders?
Adrenal gland disorders occur when the adrenal glands don’t work properly. Sometimes, the cause is a problem in another gland that helps to regulate the adrenal gland. In other cases, the adrenal gland itself may have the problem. The NICHD conducts and supports research on many adrenal gland disorders. Some examples include:
Cushing's Syndrome - Cushing’s syndrome happens when a person’s body is exposed to too much of the hormone cortisol. In this syndrome, a person’s body makes more cortisol than it needs. For example, adrenal tumors can cause the body to produce too much cortisol. In some cases, children are born with a form of adrenal hyperplasia that leads to Cushing syndrome. Or, in some cases, certain medications can cause the body to make too much cortisol
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a genetic disorder of adrenal gland deficiency. In this disorder, the body doesn’t make enough of the hormone cortisol. The bodies of people with congenital adrenal hyperplasia may also have other hormone imbalances, such as not making enough aldosterone, but making too much androgen.
Pituitary Tumors - The pituitary gland is located in the brain and helps to regulate the activity of most other glands in the body, including the adrenal glands. In rare cases, benign (non-cancerous) tumors may grow on the pituitary gland, which may restrict the hormones it releases. In some cases, tumors on the pituitary can lead to Cushing’s syndrome – this is called Cushing disease. In other cases, the tumors reduce the adrenal gland’s release of hormones needed for the “fight or flight” response to stress. If the body is unable to handle physiological stress—a condition called Addison’s disease—it can be fatal.
Hypothalamus damage can result from surgery, trauma such as road accident or stroke, degeneration owing to old age or disease and tumour. The result of the damage can vary and depend on the area of the hypothalamus involved.
When hypothalamus is not working properly, wrong neuro-signals are generated and wrong neuro-messages are received, resulting in an inaccurate integration of all your sensory input. It leads to faulty perceptions which are very subtle but nonetheless powerful, making you feel empty, deprived and emotionally unsatisfied.
Hypothalamus disorder leads to depression, hyperactivity, disturbances in brain, and abnormal responses to stress.
Other symptoms of hypothalamus disorder include sexual abnormalities, obesity, loss of appetite, temperature regulation disorders, sleep disorders, psychic disturbances and disruption of circadian rhythms. http://www.sleepdisordersguide.com/topics/hypothalamus.html
Parathyroid glands
Most people have four pea-sized glands, called parathyroid glands, on the thyroid gland in the neck. Though their names are similar, the thyroid and parathyroid glands are completely different. The parathyroid glands make parathyroid hormone (PTH), which helps your body keep the right balance of calcium and phosphorous.
If your parathyroid glands make too much or too little hormone, it disrupts this balance. If they secrete extra PTH, you have hyperparathyroidism, and your blood calcium rises. In many cases, a benign tumor on a parathyroid gland makes it overactive. Or, the extra hormones can come from enlarged parathyroid glands. Very rarely, the cause is cancer. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parathyroiddisorders.html
Your thyroid gland is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located just below your Adam's apple.
Your pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain. The pituitary is the "master control gland" - it makes hormones that affect growth and the functions of other glands in the body.
With pituitary disorders, you often have too much or too little of one of your hormones. Injuries can cause pituitary disorders, but the most common cause is a pituitary tumor.
· Cross-examination questions. One person in your group should gather the “dirt” on other glands. Your group will be given one bonus point for each time you “stump” the other groups, and provide information that suggests that another gland should be removed.
http://www.gicare.com/diseases/Pancreatic-Disease.aspx
What Are the Diseases of the Pancreas?
What are adrenal gland disorders?
Adrenal gland disorders occur when the adrenal glands don’t work properly. Sometimes, the cause is a problem in another gland that helps to regulate the adrenal gland. In other cases, the adrenal gland itself may have the problem. The NICHD conducts and supports research on many adrenal gland disorders. Some examples include:
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/Adrenal_Gland_Disorders.cfm
Hypothalamus disorder:
Hypothalamus damage can result from surgery, trauma such as road accident or stroke, degeneration owing to old age or disease and tumour. The result of the damage can vary and depend on the area of the hypothalamus involved.When hypothalamus is not working properly, wrong neuro-signals are generated and wrong neuro-messages are received, resulting in an inaccurate integration of all your sensory input. It leads to faulty perceptions which are very subtle but nonetheless powerful, making you feel empty, deprived and emotionally unsatisfied.
Hypothalamus disorder leads to depression, hyperactivity, disturbances in brain, and abnormal responses to stress.
Other symptoms of hypothalamus disorder include sexual abnormalities, obesity, loss of appetite, temperature regulation disorders, sleep disorders, psychic disturbances and disruption of circadian rhythms.
http://www.sleepdisordersguide.com/topics/hypothalamus.html
Most people have four pea-sized glands, called parathyroid glands, on the thyroid gland in the neck. Though their names are similar, the thyroid and parathyroid glands are completely different. The parathyroid glands make parathyroid hormone (PTH), which helps your body keep the right balance of calcium and phosphorous.
If your parathyroid glands make too much or too little hormone, it disrupts this balance. If they secrete extra PTH, you have hyperparathyroidism, and your blood calcium rises. In many cases, a benign tumor on a parathyroid gland makes it overactive. Or, the extra hormones can come from enlarged parathyroid glands. Very rarely, the cause is cancer.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parathyroiddisorders.html
Your thyroid gland is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located just below your Adam's apple.
The three most common thyroid problems are the [[http://www.endocrinologist.com/thyroid.htm#Underactive Thyroid|underactive thyroid]], the [[http://www.endocrinologist.com/thyroid.htm#Overactive Thyroid|overactive thyroid]] , and [[http://www.endocrinologist.com/thyroid.htm#Thyroid Nodules|thyroid nodules]].
http://www.endocrinologist.com/thyroid.htm
Your pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain. The pituitary is the "master control gland" - it makes hormones that affect growth and the functions of other glands in the body.
With pituitary disorders, you often have too much or too little of one of your hormones. Injuries can cause pituitary disorders, but the most common cause is a pituitary tumor.